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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Gift message in front. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Pattern can be as expressive as music as transient as breeze or as stern as granite; it can lift the spirit or take it to a more sombre place. It has become a fascination for me over the years providing a sound discipline for my stitched shibori work. We encounter pattern design on different surfaces on a daily basis. Even smooth white sheeting has pattern the organisation of warp and weft threads in a plain weave more easily seen in basketry is pattern born out of construction. For pattern designers never before has there been such a vast selection of techniques enticing media and materials to work with or so many diverse sources for inspiration. With current weaving transfer and printing technology patterns can be interpreted in a myriad of different ways and applied to any number of surfaces. Pattern is created by the repetitive placement of a motif or design in a systematic way. The pattern maker uses geometric grids to ensure the placements are methodically accurate which in turn allows the pattern to flow without interruption